Last tribute to sculptor Khalid
As soon as the coffin of Syed Abdullah Khalid had arrived at Aparajeyo Bangla at Dhaka University yesterday, admirers started gathering to catch a glimpse of the sculptor and pay their last respect to him.
People from all walks of life, including students and teachers of DU, sculptors, and members of various socio-cultural organisations placed wreaths.
Earlier at 10:55am, the body was kept at the Faculty of Fine Arts of DU, where students, teachers and sculptors observed a one-minute silence to show respect.
His namaz-e-janaza was held at the DU central mosque. Later, the body was taken to Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard for burial.
Khalid, who was a professor at the sculpture department of the faculty, breathed his last at the city's Birdem hospital on Saturday. He was 75. Khalid sculpted “Aparajeyo Bangla”, which is a reflection of the Bangalee conscience and indomitable yearning for freedom. The project was launched in 1973.
When he was a young faculty member at the Department of Fine Arts of Chittagong University, the Ducsu (Dhaka University Central Students' Union) committee commissioned him to build a monument that would depict the glory of the Liberation War.
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